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The Press/Friday, Mault 25, 1988/FIVE Peace Corps increase salary • SUCC music Special to The Press WASHINGTON--Peace Corps has announced an in- crease in the monthly read- justment allowance paid to Peace Corps volunteers when they complete their service overseas. Loret Miller Ruppe, Peace Corps director since 1981, approved a $25 increase in the allowance earned by Peace Corps volunteers and trainees. The increase to $200 a month, effective in January, is intended to ease the readjustment process when volunteers return home after working in a developing country for at least two years. Under the new rate, a volunteer serving a two-year assignment earns a total readjustment allowance of $4,800, not including their training period. One-third is given to the volunteer just before completion of service. with the remaining two- thirds sent to his or her home in the United States. In addition to the readjust- ment allowance, Peace Corps provides extensive cultural, language and technical train- ing in the country of service, medical and dental care, paid vacation and living expenses. Ruppe, who has visited Peace Corps programs in more than 60 developing countries, said she authoriz- ed the increase to help cur- rent volunteers and to pro- vide additional incentives to those interested in Peace Corps. Congress approved a similar readjustment increase from $125 to $175 a month in 1982. \Our volunteers work so hard,\ she said. \It's fitting that we reward their sacrifices and their commit- ment to peace and progress with an increase in the money they earn for their readjust- ment. We all wish it could be more but it must compete with the long list of priorities for peacemaking that the agency faces.\ Peal:t: Corps received $146.2 million from Con- gr~~~ I or fiscal year 1988, permitting an increase in volunteer levels and funding a number of improvements in the agency's worldwide operations. Congress has directed Peace Corps to expand to a worldwide volunteer corps of 10,000 by 1992, nearly doubling the number in ser- vice overseas. The agency is actively expanding its lfnks with the private sector, universities, minority organizations, civic groups and organized labor to achieve this goal through a Leadership for Peace cam- paign which invloves all segmento, of American socie- ty. Peace Corps is particular- ly interested in recruiting *·Student lfousing• 6 singl~ bedrooms Grot~n 8t Clayton Ave t I $850 per semester ca:ll 756·2647 or 753•3386 leave message SUMMER HELP WANTED Resort area in .. The Hi:JJptcrls\ OOf hirifl) fran mid-Mly to SE:ptaliler m•. lest.a.lrint ~1,, Kit.chm, ~.Servers, .mtesses & G!leral. ExJB:itne preferml. ·M.Jst be d>ligata:l to \tUk entire seasm. ~ W]eS, 10tl cost tnlsill) assistcn::e. . • I • Fantastic ~ity tb trOt iRI lbe in ..ald faRJJS be&1i~ area. Please stnl rest.ne to ·<k:eills iestara1t & Cllb, P.O. Inc 1fi1 ~. NY 11B). . -~ •. ~:- •\i.~~ .. ~- •.r,.~.~- JSRninblait fer a 'if'II:Wview will fol101 res,mse. minorities, older Americans, and those trained in technical fields, such as biology, forestry, agronomy· and animal husbandry. Peace Corps service offers a number of benefits to col- lege students who have just earned degrees in specialty fields. It gives them an op- portunity to test the theories and practices they learned in the classroom. They gain a cross-cultural experience in an international setting and learn an()ther language, In Some instances, portions of student loan obligations can be cancelled for Peace Corps service under legislation passed by Congress. A number of undergradttate overseas internship oppor- tunities also are available. More than 5,200 Yeace Corps Volunteers and trainees are working in more than 60 developing countries in grassroots, self-help pro- jects in agriculture, educa- tion, forestry, fisheries, health and small enterprise development. Through Peace Corps, more than 120,000 Americans have served in more than 90 developing na- tions since 1961. For more information and an application, please call tollfree (800)424-8580, exten- sion 93 or write: Peace Corps, Room P-301, Box 717, Washington, D.C. 20526. department gives recital Special to The Press On Tuesday, March 29, at 8:15pm, The College Singers of the succ Music Depart- ment, conducted by Stephen B. Wilson, will present m Dowd Fine Arts Recital Hall a concert of choral music from the 15th to the 20th centuries. The performance will begin with a series of four canons by various composers from_Praetorius to Schubert. \ Then will follow works by · two Renaissance m~1sters, Josquin des Prez's \Scaramella\ and Orlando di Lasso's well-known \Echo Song.\ The latter will feature \echoists\ Sue Har- rison, Lis Hudson, Chris Vail, and Bill Mahoney. Two more secular works follow. The umiccom- panied Yugoslavian folk song \Wake Up, Melinda\ will be followed by Jacques Ofenbach's humorous \Neighbors' Chorus'', featuring pianist Lori . Ozvold. void. Les Chanteuses, a nine- member women's chamber ensemble, will then sing selecti~ns by Vaughan- Williams, Schubert, and Leonard. The 19th century will then be represented by the Czech composer Antonio Dvorak. The Singers will per- form selections from his \Songs of Nature,\ op. 63. The \spiritual\ portion of the concert will be represented by two works: \0 Lord, How Excellent is Thy Name, •' by Benedetto Marcello (featuring Michele Duprey, soprano and Lori Ozvold, piano) and Wall- ingford Riegger's \Who Can Revoke,\ op. 44. This latter piece will be conducted by student Christine Johnson. The program will conclude with two numbers \from the charts,\ \Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,\ sung by Les Chanteuses, and \What's New?\ The program is open to the public. No admission will be charged. For further infor- mation, call Dr. Wilson at 753-4615 . SUMMER JOB FAIR Wednesday, March 30, 1988 11:00 AM-4:00PM Corey Union Exhibition Lounge Students who have not yet secured summer employ- ment should explore job opportunities at the Summer Job Fair. Twenty-seven recruiters will be actively look- ing to hire SUCC students who like working out of doors, enjoy children, running .. programs and recrea-. tional activities. Recruiter participants seek theatre and dance majors, tennis instructors, speech pathology/audiology majors, education, recreation, psychology, and all other majors interested in the camp experience. Camp jobs offer students the opportunity to further expand their interests and gain experience in their chosen fields. For further information concerning camp participants and summ~r ~mployment opportunities, contact Care~r Planning &: Pi~cement, Van Hoesen .HalL · \,